摘要:
It is intended to provide a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent that can be used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) or photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) capable of utilizing infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light (NIR), infrared light, or far-infrared light, which attains a deep body penetration. The present invention provides a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic agent or a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic kit for cancer or infectious disease, comprising: a particle (e.g., a lanthanide particle) that emits upconversion luminescence by infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light having a wavelength of 0.7 µm to 2.5 µm; and a photosensitizer (e.g., porphyrin) or a 5-aminolevulinic acid group.
摘要:
It is intended to provide a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent that can be used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) or photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) capable of utilizing infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light (NIR), infrared light, or far-infrared light, which attains a deep body penetration. The present invention provides a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic agent or a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic kit for cancer or infectious disease, comprising: a particle (e.g., a lanthanide particle) that emits upconversion luminescence by infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light having a wavelength of 0.7 µm to 2.5 µm; and a photosensitizer (e.g., porphyrin) or a 5-aminolevulinic acid group.
摘要:
Provided is a device capable of determining whether or not cancer has metastasized to a sentinel lymph node, such as the axillary lymph node, thickly covered with fat, safely and in a simple manner without confirmation by biopsy or extirpation. Fluorescence generated in a sentinel lymph node upon the excitation of protoporphyrin (a photosensitizing substance) derived from 5-ALA administered to a subject can be detected by passing a hollow tube, into which a small-diameter optical fiber for launching light and the small-diameter optical fiber for receiving light are inserted, through the lymph vessel to identify the presence or absence of the metastasis of cancer cells even before the surgery of cancer or during prognosis.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a PDD diagnosis apparatus that even if there is a distance from an irradiation portion of an optical fiber to a diseased tissue, enables provision of a fluorescence detection sensitivity equivalent to that in a case where irradiation is provided in such a manner that the irradiation portion of the optical fiber is brought close to the diseased tissue. A diagnosis apparatus including: a light source unit that emits excitation light to a photosensitizing substance accumulated in a diseased tissue; a detection unit that detects fluorescence produced from the photosensitizing substance; and an excitation light irradiation/fluorescence detection optical fiber including an output/input end with a collimator connected thereto, in which the excitation light emitted from the light source unit is guided to the excitation light irradiation/fluorescence detection optical fiber, and the excitation light output from the output/input end is provided in such a manner that the excitation light is collimated by the collimator and excites the photosensitizing substance accumulated in the diseased tissue; and the fluorescence produced by the photosensitizing substance excited by the excitation light is input from the output/input end via the collimator, and the input fluorescence is guided to the excitation light irradiation/fluorescence detection optical fiber and the fluorescence produced from the photosensitizing substance is detected in the detection unit is used.
摘要:
Provided is a therapeutic agent capable of treating allergic rhinitis in a safe, simple, and noninvasive manner substantially without side effects and physical distress to patients. Provided is a therapeutic agent for allergic rhinitis for 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) comprising 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt of the 5-aminolevulinic acid or the derivative as an active ingredient, and used in ALA-PDT in which light having a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm is irradiated; and particularly provided is a therapeutic agent for allergic rhinitis in a locally applied solution form, a water-soluble ointment-dissolved form, a jelly-dissolved form, or the like. The therapeutic agent does not require the conduct of 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic diagnosis (ALA-PDD) for detecting a site of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) accumulation radiating light having a wavelength of 610 nm to 650 nm under irradiation of excitation light having a wavelength of 380 nm to 420 nm before ALA-PDT.
摘要:
It is to provide photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) which are suitable for the diagnosis and therapy of a part requiring a certain degree of deep penetration, such as subcutaneous cancer and lymph nodes surrounded by blood vessels and fat. This is solved by performing PDT and PDD targeting cancer by administering a composition comprising a photosensitizing agent such as a tetrapyrrole-based compound (photofrin, protoporphyrin IX, etc.) or ALAs such as 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), ALA methyl ester, ALA ethyl ester, ALA propyl ester, ALA butyl ester, ALA pentyl ester, or a hydrochloride, phosphate, or sulfate thereof followed by irradiation with excitation light at a wavelength of 480 to 580 nm.
摘要:
Provided is a therapeutic agent capable of treating allergic rhinitis in a safe, simple, and noninvasive manner substantially without side effects and physical distress to patients. Provided is a therapeutic agent for allergic rhinitis for 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) comprising 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or a derivative thereof, or a salt of the 5-aminolevulinic acid or the derivative as an active ingredient, and used in ALA-PDT in which light having a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm is irradiated; and particularly provided is a therapeutic agent for allergic rhinitis in a locally applied solution form, a water-soluble ointment-dissolved form, a jelly-dissolved form, or the like. The therapeutic agent does not require the conduct of 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic diagnosis (ALA-PDD) for detecting a site of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) accumulation radiating light having a wavelength of 610 nm to 650 nm under irradiation of excitation light having a wavelength of 380 nm to 420 nm before ALA-PDT.
摘要:
A system visually distinguishes diseased tissue from healthy tissue after a treatment is administered to a patient to provide different concentrations of a fluorescent marking substance between the diseased tissue and the healthy tissue. A light source illuminates the tissue with excitation light. A detector detects light returning from the tissue, and a controller characterizes the returning light according to a measured property indicative of the different concentrations. A light projector projects light having a predetermined cue in response to the characterization of the returning light.